The Minmatar

History and Lore

The Minmatar was a once proud and technologically advanced tribal race prior to their being conquered by the Amarr hundreds of years ago. A modern day equivalent would be Africa. However, despite being enslaved for years, they took advantage of a major Amarrian defeat at the hands of the Jove and revolted. This second Amarrian defeat so soon after the first caused the Amarr to pull back and opened the way for the Minmatar to re-establish themselves once again. This task was met with some difficulty as the nation, determined never to be overtaken again, fought each other to form a single government.

Some effort to develop a democracy similar to the Gallente did occur, but those efforts proved to be too difficult because of the constant infighting between old tribes. Such infighting even allowed for the Amarr to manipulate aspects of the newly formed Minmatar government and the recently appointed President was violently ousted by forces secretly backed by Amarrian interests.

This might have caused the fall of the Minmatar had a nearly forgotten group of spiritual leaders, long thought dead, not arrived along with an untold number of combat ships. The Elders, along with various Minmatar tribes, invaded Amarr space with this massive armada with the sole purpose of freeing Minmatar slaves. This invasion also revealed a long unknown secret. The Ammatar, a people that had once been considered traitors to the Minmatar, had they joined with the Amarr during their invasion to protect another tribe that had been marked for genocide by the Amarrians, and this move had been directed by The Elders.

Currently, there is only the thinnest of peace between the two nations and the partial success of the invasion has been tempered by the discord that still exists while The Elders re-establish a stronger tribal government.

Their Motivation

In general, Minmatars are considered savage, ignorant, and generally “less” as a nation versus the other three factions. This belies the fact that they growth was stifled and halted by the Amarrian Invasions. People easily forget that the Minmatars once were a very advanced nation that lived peaceably. But for many Minmatars, especially those of the Brutor tribe, this is no time for peace. The Amarr continue to hold a deep hatred for the Minmatars, as they are the only race to successfully revolt from the rule of Amarr. The Minmatar tribes, through the tales told from capsuleers and traders, talk of the secret excesses that the Amarr justify at the expense of the Minmatars through the sickening use of Vitoc. The Minmatar should never forget that their people are still slaves to the Amarrian Holders, who abuse them for every whim. Every failure of the Minmatar people, every person with no family, every technological setback demands Amarrian blood as payment. (to be continued..)

Basic Ship Combat Principle: Minmatar ships are generally the fastest ships in the game, but they are also comparitively lightly tanked. The general “jack-of-all-trades” nature of Minmatar ships, as well as the need to use whatever was available means that there are no basic tactics other than to use speed whenever possible to outmanuver gun tracking and to fight in falloff range, which usually extends past most other ships’ total gun range.

The Hurricane Battlecruiser – A once very dangerous and popular Tier Two Battlecruiser, the Hurricane, while certainly downgraded, still produces solid PVP performance since the release of Retribution 1.1.